What are some blues songs with genuinely depressing, ruin your mood lyrics/vocals?
posted by Pants! on Sep 27, 2008 - 25 answers

Forgotten movie: Winter, small crashed plane in the woods, bag of money, resulting woes. Spoilers inside. [more inside]
posted by agentofselection on Feb 14, 2008 - 11 answers

We've been told for some time at work that we're going to be moved from a second floor, windowless area down to the first floor which is at street level and has floor to ceiling windows looking out at street level. This sounds great! However, I just saw the plans and it appears that the cubicles which we have the option to choose from all have cube-height (six foot?) walls between our chairs and the windows. Think back to Office Space. [more inside]
posted by ThinkandDrive on Feb 6, 2008 - 16 answers

My sister is having a rough month. She's toughing it out through a Jerry Springer-scale divorce drama while dealing with potentially serious medical problems. She's asked me to find songs for a compilation about difficult Decembers to help her get through. [more inside]
posted by MrVisible on Dec 25, 2007 - 28 answers

I hate winter. How can I make the next four months better than they would be otherwise? [more inside]
posted by mustcatchmooseandsquirrel on Nov 1, 2006 - 69 answers

Recommendations for books that aren't overly sad? Yes, I did a search and checked out previous threads. [more inside]
posted by mumble on Aug 31, 2006 - 41 answers

I am interested in putting together a playlist of music featuring depressing / creepy holiday music [MI] [more inside]
posted by Julnyes on Feb 22, 2005 - 40 answers

I just watched Schindler's List and it made me cry like a frickin' baby. What other movie's make even the stounchest heart break into uncontrollable sobbing?
posted by jmd82 on Aug 9, 2004 - 160 answers